Quality of Respiratory Infection Disease Prevention in Outpatient and Emergency Departments in Hospitals in Inner Mongolia, China: An Exit Poll Survey
subject: physician behavior, Hospital Performance, spread of respiratory infections, real patients survey
description: Yijing Xie,1,2 Edward McNeil,2 Yancun Fan,1 Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong,2 Xingsheng Zhao,3 Hutcha Sriplung2 1Health Management Faculty and Research Institute for Health Policy of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China; 2Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand; 3Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Hutcha SriplungEpidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanchanawanit Road, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, ThailandTel +66 7 445 1165Fax +66 7 442 9754Email hutcha.s@psu.ac.thPurpose: Measures to prevent respiratory infection diseases (RIDs) in hospitals are important to protect both patients and physicians. In 2003, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome occurred in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) of China. We aimed to evaluate competency in RID prevention procedures in terms of hospital performance and physician behavior.Patients and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 10 tertiary general public hospitals in 3 cities of IMAR. In each hospital, we chose the respiratory and ear–nose–throat outpatient departments (OPDs) and the emergency department (ED) to invite patients with symptoms of cough to join the study before they consulted a physician. After their consultation, we asked the patients to complete a checklist to score the performance of the departments and the behavior of their physicians in terms of RID prevention practices according to international professional guidelines.Results: From 711 respondents, in the domain of hospital performance, display of posters on directive to wash hands after coughing/sneezing had an average score of 0.452 (range 0– 1), while other cough etiquette items had scores averaging between 0.33 and 0.39. The average score for air ventilation was 0.66. For physicians’ performance, informing patients the location …
creator: Zhao X, Fan Y, Xie Y, Chongsuvivatwong V, Sriplung H, McNeil E
source: Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
publisher: Dove Medical Press
date: 2020
coverage: Public aspects of medicine